Plant growth-promoting nitrogen-fixing enterobacteria are in association with sugarcane plants growing in Guangxi, China

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 391-398

  Lin, Li ^a,b,c   Li, Zhengyi ^d   Hu, Chunjin ^b   Zhang, Xincheng ^a,e   Chang, Siping ^d   Yang, Litao ^a,c   Li, Yangrui ^a,b,c   An, Qianli ^d  

^a GUANGXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER FOR NON FOOD BIOREFINERY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^d ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biological nitrogen fixation; Enterobacteria; nifH; Plant growth promoting bacteria; Sugarcane

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER; INDOLEACETIC ACID; INDOLEACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NITROGEN; NITROGENASE REDUCTASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PHOSPHATE; RNA 16S; SIDEROPHORE;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; CROP; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROBACTER; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KLEBSIELLA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT ROOT; RHIZOSPHERE; SUGARCANE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHINA; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ENTEROBACTER; FERTILIZERS; INDOLEACETIC ACIDS; KLEBSIELLA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHOSPHATES; PHYLOGENY; PLANT ROOTS; RHIZOSPHERE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SACCHARUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SIDEROPHORES; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; KLEBSIELLA;

EID: 84868625419     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13474405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.ME11275     Document Type: Article

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